Our View: Tweaks re-enforce intent behind the 21-only ordinance

5:06 PM,
Apr. 8, 2014

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Press-Citizen Editorial Board
Our View

There's a big difference between trying to "change the rules mid-game" and trying to "close up any possible loopholes." When Iowa City Council members recently approved some tweaks to the city's "21 only after 10 p.m." bar-entry age ordinance, they were accused of trying to do the former when they actually were accomplishing the latter.

The changes approved last week focus on the section of the ordinance that allows some exceptions for entertainment venues to host 19-and-older shows. Everyone involved (including us) seems in favor of allowing for such exceptions as a way to help ensure a ...